February 13, 1999, US District Judge Joe Kendal fed-up
with American Airline pilots sick out has ordered the pilots back to work
and the the union to be fined 10 million dollars and must pay American
Airline for moneys lost this weekend. As a result of this sick out American
Airlines has had to cancel over 850 flights today.

At the root of the unions
concern is the number of regional flights have been turn over to there
subsidiaries such as American Eagle the pilots want this to stop. The pilots
of American Eagle are under a different union and are paid much less than
American Airline Pilots. Also the pilots want a yearly 3 percent wage increase
yearly starting August 31, 1997, through 1999, a two percent pay increase
in the year 2000, stock options and the phasing out of a lower pay and
pension scale for new hires.